Apparatus for making printing border strips



Nov. 5, 1963 E. D. WAGAMAN APPARATUS FOR MAKING PRINTING BORDER STRIPS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Dec. 20, 1960 INVENTOR.

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APPARATUS FOR MAKING PRINTING BORDER STRIPS Filed Dec. 20, 1960 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 M WW Q L A 7' TOKA/EYJ United States Patent 3,109,364 APPARATUS FOR MAKING PRINTING BORDER STRIPS Ernest D. Wagaman, 8363 Harte], Livonia, Mich. Filed Dec. 20, 1960, Ser. No. 77,175 1 Claim. (Cl. 101-6) This invention relates to border strip or facers of the type used in the printing industry, and more particularly to an apparatus for making printing border strips without the use of a type casting machine. At the present time, border strips used in the newspaper industry for printing borders around advertising circulars and the like are purchased from companies having casting machines which not only form the border strips themselves but also the edges thereof with the desired design for printing a border in an advertising circular or the like. These type casting machines are expensive and, necessarily, the company employing these machines must charge a high price to the newspapers for border strips. The cost of border strips is not a big factor to a large newspaper, but it can become a big factor in the cost of printing a newspaper for a small newspaper company. Accordingly, it is the primary object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for making printing border strips which is a complete border making machine which can be used by small newspaper companies or large newspaper companies to reduce the cost of making border strips.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for making printing border strips which is adapted to make border strips from conventional type rule or bars in a quick and inexpensive manner.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for making printing border strips which is simple and compact in construction, economical of manufacture, efiicient in operation and which may be easily operated without the need for any special trainmg.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for making printing border strips which can be used by small newspaper companies as well as large newspaper companies, and which is adapted to use type rule or bar which newspapers normally have in stock for converting the same into border strips without the need for any costly casting machine.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for making printing border strips with any design that is needed, and which may be quickly and manually operated.

Other objects, features and advantages of this invention will be apparent from the following detailed description and appended claim, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification wherein like reference numerals designate corresponding parts of the several views.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of an apparatus for making printing border strips in accordance with the principles of the invention;

FIG. 2 is a top plan view of the structure illustrated in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is an illustration of a few of the border designs which may be fonmed on border strips by use of the device of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an eleuational sectional view of the structure illustrated in FIG. 2, taken along the line 4-4 thereof and looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 5 is an end elevational view of the structure illustrated in FIG. 1, taken along the line 5-5 thereof and looking in the direction of the arrows; and

FIG. 6 is an elevational sectional view of the struc- 3,109,364 Patented Nov. 5, 1963 ice ture illustrated in FIG. 1, taken along the line 6-6 thereof and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawings and in panticular to FIGS. 1 and 2, the numeral 10 indicates the base plate of the apparatus of the present invention and it is shown in the form of an elongated plate. The base plate 10 is provided with a pair of fixedly mounted hold-down brackets, generally indicated by the numerals 11 and 12, and which may be used to fixedly secure the device of the present invention on a table or the like. As shown in FIG. 5, the hold-down bracket 11 comprises the horizontal portion 13 to the ends of which is integrally formed the pair of vertical legs 15 and 16. The horizontal bracket portion 13 is adapted to be fixedly secured to the one end of the base plate 10 by means of the screws 14, as shown in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 5, the vertical legs 15 and 16 are provided with the integral outwardly extended feet on the lower ends thereof, as 17 and 18, respectively. The bracket feet 17 and 18 are provided with suitable holes therethrough as 19 by means of which the bracket may be fixedly secured to a supporting member as a table or the like. The bracket 12 is made similar to the bracket 11 and the corresponding pants are marked with similar reference numerals followed by the small letter a.

-As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, the device of the present invention includes a pair of vertically disposed, spaced apart plates 20 and 21 which are disposed along the outer edges of the plate 10 and at a central point thereon. The plates 20 and 21 are fixedly secured to the base plate 10 by means of the screws 22 and 23, respectively. As best seen in FIGS. 1 and 2, the upper ends of the vertical plates 20 and 21 are connected by means of the connector plate 24 which is fixedly secured to the vertical plates 20 and 21 by means of the screws 25 and 26, respectively. The connector plate 24 is provided with the opening 27 therethrough to permit the operator to view the forming operation of the border design on the border strip as more fully explained hereinafter.

The device of the present invention includes a back-up wheel 28 as shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5. The back-up wheel 28 is rotatably mounted on the shaft 29 which is fixedly mounted at the ends thereof in suitable holes in the vertical plates 20 and 21. The back-up wheel 28 is centrally disposed between the plates 20 and 21 and is disposed above the base plate 10. As best seen in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4,- a pair of guide wheels, generally indicated by the numerals 30 and 31, are mounted on the base plate 10 at opposite ends thereof and on opposite sides of the ventical plates 20 and 21. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the guide means 30 comprises a vertically disposed wheel 32 which is rotatably mounted on the fixed axle or shaft 33. The shaft 33 has the ends thereof operatively mounted in the two spaced apaut L-shaped mounting brackets 34 and 35 which are fixedly secured to the base plate 10 by any suitable means, as by the screws 36 and 37. The guide means 31 is constructed similarly to the guide means 30 and the corresponding pants are marked with similar reference numerals followed by the small letter a. As shown in FIG. 1, the guide wheel means 30 and 31 are equally spaced from the vertical plates 20 and 21.

As best seen in FIG. 5, the plates 20 and 21 are provided with the annular or circular recesses 38 and 39, respectively, on the inner sides thereof adjacent the upper ends thereof. Operatively mounted within the recmses 38 and 39 are the bearing members 40 and 41 which may be of any suitable type and which are adapted to operatively mount the transverse horizontal shaft 42. The shaft 42 is adapted [to pass through suitable holes in the plates 20 and 21 in order to be operatively mounted in the bearings 40 and 41. As shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, an L-shaped crank 43 having the rotatable handle 44 on the lower end thereof is integrally formed with the shaft the die roll 45.

snoeeea 42 to permit an operator to manually turn the shaft 42. A forming roll or die roll 45 is fixedly mounted on the shaft 42 by means of the set screw 46 as shown in FIGS. 2, 4 and 5. The forming roll 45 may becentra-lly disposed on the shauit 42 and maintained in such position by means of the spacer sleeves 47 and 48.

As best seen in FIGS. 2 and 6, the device of the present invention is provided with a pair of spaced apart guide plates 49 and 50 which are vertically disposed on the entrance side of the vertical plates 20 and 21 or on the right side [thereof as viewed in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4. As shown in FIG. 6, the guide plate 49 is adjustably secured to the vertical plate 21 for inward and outward movement by means of the screws 51 which are threadedly mounted in the plate 21 and passed through the slot 52 in the plate 49. The guide plate 50 is similarly secured to the vertical plate 20 by means of the screws 53 and the slots 54. It will be understood that the guide plates 49 and 50 may be adjusted inwardly and outwardly so as to provide the proper space 55 between the inner edges thereof for guiding a type bar therebetween and into operative engagement with the forming roll 45. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 6, the guide plates 49 and 50 are provided with the entrance lips 56 and 57, respectively. As best shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 5, a pair oflaterally disposed, longitudinally extended guide bars 58 and 59 are fixedly mounted to the inner side of the vertical guide plates 49 and 50, respectively, along the inner edges thereof so as to be aligned with the entrance lips 56 and 57, respectively.

I The guide bars 58 and 59 extend completely through and between the plates 20 and 21 and continue to a point adjacent the guide wheel means 30. As viewed in PEG. 1, the right side of the apparatus of the invention may be termed the entrance side thereof and the left side the exit side thereof. The guide bars 58 and 59 are provided with the ch'amfering tools generally indicated by the numerals 60 and 61, respectively, on the exit side of the device adjacent the guide wheel means 30. The chamfering tools 69 and 61 are fixedly secured to their respective guide bars by means of the screws 63 and 69, respectively, and these chamfering tools are provided with the cutting edges 62 and 63, respectively, which extend inwardly into the space between the guide bars 58 and 59.

In the use of the present invention, the operator would use conventional type bar or strip, as indicated by the numeral 64, which all newspapers have on hand and which maybe quickly and easily convented into a border strip with thedesired design along the upper edge thereof. As shown in FIG. 1, the border strip 64 or type rule would be exposed on the guide wheel means 31 and moved inwardly between the entrance lips 56 and 57 and into operative engagement between the back-up wheel 28 and the die roll 45. The operator would then crank the crank 43 by means of the handle 44 and the type bar 64 will be gripped by the die roll 45 and moved through the space between the back-up wheel 28 and the die roll 45, and simultaneously have formed thereon on the upper edge 65 thereof the design which is formed on the periphery of It will be understood that any design may be formed on the periphery of the die roll 45 whereby the design will be impressed on the upper edge 65 of the type bar 64 as desired. As the type bar 64, with the design impressed on the upper edge thereof, emerges from underneath the die roll 65, it will pass between the cutting edges 62 and 63 of the charnfering tools 60 and 61, respectively, whereby any material which may have been forced outwardly beyond the sides of the type bar 64 will be quickly and easily removed. That is, the upper side edges 66 and 67, as illustrated in FIG. 3, of the type bar will be cleaned of any burrs which may protrude outwardly after the forming of the design on the upper edge 65 0f the type bar. It will be understood that the type bar 64 is of a standard height and width and, accordingly, if all of the forming rolls 45 are made with the same outer diameter, it is not necessary to provide any adjustment means for adjustment upwardly and downwardly of the wheels 28 and 45. However, it is obvious that adjustment of these wheels or rolls may be provided if desired. It will be understood that the guide wheel means 30 and 31 also function as a hearing or back-up means for the type bar 64 as it is passing between the back-up wheel 28 and forming roll 45 to prevent pivoting about the same. Experience has shown that the device of the present invention is economical and practical and'efiicient for small newspapers as well as large newspapers.

While it will be apparent that the preferred embodiment of the invention herein disclosed is well calculated to fulfill the objects above stated, it will be appreciated that the invention is susceptible to modification, variation and change without departing from the proper scope or fair meaning of the subjoined claim.

What I claim is: 7

An apparatus for making printing border strips, comprising: a base plate; a pair of vertically disposed, laterally spaced apart plates mounted on said base plate in a central position; a back-up wheel rotatably mounted between and supported by said pair of vertical plates adjacent the lower ends thereof; a die roll having a design formed on the periphery thereof rotatably mounted between and supported by said pair of vertical plates adjacent the upper ends thereof in a position vertically spaced apart from said back-up wheel; manual operating means for turning said die roll when a printing type bar is insentedbetween said back-up wheel and die roll, whereby the design fonmed on the periphery of said die roll will be impressed mime type bar to produce a printing border strip; a type bar guide means mounted on each end of said base plate; a pair of guide bars carried by said vertical plates for guiding a type bar between said die roll and back-up wheel and into operative engagement therewith; and, chamfering means mounted on said guide bars for operative engagement with the upper edge of a type bar afiter it has passed between said die roll and back-up wheel. t

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